My father was at the Spanish Air Force, and witnessed the very first flight of the first prototype of the Saeta. After a complicated flight, the pilot complained to Mr. Messerschmitt about the poor maneouverability of the aircraft. My father and many other were amazed when saw Willy Messerschmitt taking a roll of adhesive tape and starting putting pieces of tape everywhere on the controlling surfaces. After the following flight, the remaining pieces of tape showed the parts where the surfaces needed a redesign (at that times the was the precursor of the CAD!)

The model of this page IS NOT an HA 200 Saeta. Is AN HA 220 Designed by the team of Willy Messerschmitt that works in Spain after the second w.w. The project was composed by two different airplanes, a basic trainer :the "Triana" equiped with a single engine and propeller. And one advanced trainer and lihgt attack plane the "Saeta" equiped with one turbojet a two machine guns plus ligt bombs. The Super Saeta is an evolution of the last one. All of them was produced in the Hispano Aviación factory in Seville. For more information visit: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano_Aviaci%C3%B3n_HA-200_Saeta